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What happend on 28. March in History
In our data base we found 362 events happened on 28. March:
• 37: Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. [category: Events]
• 193: Pertinax, Roman Emperor (b. 126) [category: Deaths]
• 193: Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sells the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus. [category: Events]
• 364: Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor. [category: Events]
• 845: Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. [category: Events]
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• 1072: Ordulf, Duke of Saxony [category: Deaths]
• 1204: The Siege of Château Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England, who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus. [category: Events]
• 1239: Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180) [category: Deaths]
• 1285: Pope Martin IV [category: Deaths]
• 1472: Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517) [category: Births]
• 1515: Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun and saint (d. 1582) [category: Births]
• 1522: Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557) [category: Births]
• 1552: Guru Angad Dev Indian Sikh Guru (b.1504) [category: Deaths]
• 1563: Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488) [category: Deaths]
• 1566: Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (b. 1486) [category: Deaths]
• 1569: Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622) [category: Births]
• 1592: John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop (d. 1670) [category: Births]
• 1599: Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (d. 1658) [category: Births]
• 1613: Empress Xiaozhuangwen of the Qing Dynasty (d. 1688) [category: Births]
• 1621: Heinrich Schwemmer German music teacher and composer (d. 1696) [category: Births]
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• 1652: Samuel Sewall, American magistrate (d. 1730) [category: Births]
• 1677: Václav Hollar, Czech etcher (b. 1607) [category: Deaths]
• 1687: Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596) [category: Deaths]
• 1725: Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and biographer (d. 1795) [category: Births]
• 1750: Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan nationalist (d. 1816) [category: Births]
• 1760: Thomas Clarkson, British abolitionist (d. 1846) [category: Births]
• 1773: Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (d. 1844) [category: Births]
• 1776: Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco. [category: Events]
• 1793: Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer and geologist (d. 1864) [category: Births]
• 1794: Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743) [category: Deaths]
• 1794: Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau. [category: Events]
• 1795: Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (d. 1876) [category: Births]
• 1795: Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia. [category: Events]
• 1802: Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man. [category: Events]
• 1806: Thomas Hare, English political scientist (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1809: Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin. [category: Events]
• 1811: Saint John Nepomucene Neumann, Bohemian-born American bishop and Roman Catholic saint (d. 1860) [category: Births]
• 1815: Arsène Houssaye, French novelist (d. 1896) [category: Births]
• 1818: Wade Hampton III, American soldier and politician (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1818: Antonio Capuzzi, Italian composer (b. 1755) [category: Deaths]
• 1819: Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1836: Frederick Pabst, German-American brewer, founded the Pabst Brewing Company (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1840: Emin Pasha, Egyptian politician (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1842: William Harvey Carney, American Civil War officer (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1849: James Darmesteter, French author and antiquarian (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1850: Gerard C. Brandon, American politician (b. 1788) [category: Deaths]
• 1851: Bernardino Machado, Portuguese politician (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1854: Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia. [category: Events]
• 1860: First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins. [category: Events]
• 1862: Aristide Briand, French politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1862: American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass – in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26. [category: Events]
• 1866: Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1866: Solomon Foot, American politician (b. 1802) [category: Deaths]
• 1868: Maxim Gorky, Russian author (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1868: James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, British military leader (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1870: George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816) [category: Deaths]
• 1871: Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1871: The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris. [category: Events]
• 1873: John Geiger, American rower (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1874: Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (b. 1795) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Terence MacSwiney, Irish nationalist (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1881: Martin Sheridan, Irish-born athlete (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1881: Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Russian composer (b. 1839) [category: Deaths]
• 1884: Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: The Yngsjö murder occurs in Yngsjö, Sweden and Anna Månsdotter is arrested along with her son. [category: Events]
• 1890: Paul Whiteman, American bandleader (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1892: Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1892: Tom Maguire, Irish republican, commandant-general in the Western Command of the Irish Republican Army (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1893: Spyros Skouras, Greek-born American movie executive (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1894: Ernst Lindemann, German naval officer (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1895: Christian Herter, American politician (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1895: Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1897: Sepp Herberger, German football coach (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1897: Tillie Voss, American football player (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1899: Buck Shaw, American football coach (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1899: Gussie Busch, American brewer and baseball executive (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1899: Harold B. Lee, American religious figure (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1900: Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1902: Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1902: Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1903: Charles Starrett, American actor (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1903: Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1905: Marlin Perkins, American zoologist and television host (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1905: Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1906: Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer and teacher (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1907: Irving "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1907: Norrey Ford, British writer (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1908: Hermann Clemenz, Estonian chess player (d. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: Nelson Algren, American writer (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1910: Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., American librarian (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1910: Jimmie Dodd, American actor (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1910: Queen Ingrid of Denmark (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1910: David Josiah Brewer, American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Edouard Judas Colonne, French violinist (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France. [category: Events]
• 1911: John Langshaw Austin, British philosopher (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1912: A. Bertram Chandler Australian author (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1912: Marina Raskova, Russian navigator (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1913: Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. [category: Events]
• 1914: Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1914: Edmund Muskie, American politician (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1914: Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1914: Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1915: Jay Livingston, American composer and songwriter (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1917: Claude Bertrand, Canadian neurosurgeon [category: Births]
• 1919: Vic Raschi, American baseball player (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1920: Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states. [category: Events]
• 1921: Herschel Grynszpan, German assassin of Ernst vom Rath (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1921: Sir Dirk Bogarde, English actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1921: Walter Neugebauer, Croatian comic book author (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1922: Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1922: Joey Maxim, American boxer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1922: Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1923: Ike Isaacs, American jazz bassist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1923: Thad Jones, American jazz trumpeter (Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band) (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1923: Charles Hubbard, American archer (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: Byrd Baylor, American author [category: Births]
• 1924: Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1925: Dorothy DeBorba, American actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1926: Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba [category: Births]
• 1927: Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1927: Joseph-Médard Émard, Canadian Catholic archbishop (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Alexander Grothendieck, stateless mathematician [category: Births]
• 1928: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-born American political scientist and geostrategist [category: Births]
• 1928: Nathan Stubblefield, American inventor (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Paul England, Australian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1929: Lomer Gouin, Canadian politician (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer [category: Births]
• 1930: Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1930: Robert Ashley, American composer [category: Births]
• 1930: Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara. [category: Events]
• 1933: Frank Murkowski, American politician [category: Births]
• 1933: Tete Montoliu, Catalonian jazz pianist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1933: The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airline lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board. [category: Events]
• 1934: Lester Brown, American environmentalist [category: Births]
• 1934: Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1936: Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author, politician and Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1937: Liz Trotta, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1938: Hans-Jürgen Bäsler, German footballer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1939: Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege. [category: Events]
• 1940: Kevin Loughery, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1940: Tony Barber, Australian game show host [category: Births]
• 1940: Yves Bérubé, Canadian engineer and politician (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1941: Alf Clausen, American composer [category: Births]
• 1941: Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, American author [category: Births]
• 1941: Jim Turner, American football player [category: Births]
• 1941: Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian Police Commissioner (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Marcus Hurley, American cyclist (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Virginia Woolf, English writer (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan – in the Mediterranean Sea, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers. [category: Events]
• 1942: Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1942: Daniel Dennett, American philosopher [category: Births]
• 1942: Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1942: Kitanofuji Katsuaki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 52nd Yokozuna [category: Births]
• 1942: Mike Newell, English director [category: Births]
• 1942: Neil Kinnock, British politician [category: Births]
• 1942: Samuel Ramey, American opera singer [category: Births]
• 1942: Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces successfully raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire. [category: Events]
• 1943: Conchata Ferrell, American actress [category: Births]
• 1943: Pierre St.-Jean, Canadian weightlifter [category: Births]
• 1943: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer and pianist (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Ken Howard, American actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Rick Barry, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1944: Stephen Leacock, Canadian teacher, political scientist, and writer (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Count Björn Hamilton, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1945: Dan Alon, Israeli fencer [category: Births]
• 1946: Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian politician, President of Peru [category: Births]
• 1946: Henry Paulson Jr., American economist [category: Births]
• 1946: Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut [category: Births]
• 1946: Chick Fullis, baseball player (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power. [category: Events]
• 1947: Greg Thompson, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1947: John Landecker, American disk jockey [category: Births]
• 1947: Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Dennis Unkovic, American author [category: Births]
• 1948: Dianne Wiest, American actress [category: Births]
• 1948: Gerry House, American radio personality [category: Births]
• 1948: Jayne Ann Krentz, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1948: John Evan, British musician (Jethro Tull) [category: Births]
• 1948: Matthew Corbett, English actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Milan Williams, American musician (The Commodores) (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1949: Grigoraş Dinicu, Romanian composer and violinist (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Claudio Lolli, Italian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1951: Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina [category: Births]
• 1951: Matti Pellonpää, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1951: First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mao Khe, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp. [category: Events]
• 1952: Keith Ashfield, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Tony Brise, British racing driver (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1953: Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian politician (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1953: Jim Thorpe, American athlete (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Donald Brown, American jazz pianist [category: Births]
• 1954: Morris Mason, American convicted rapist and murderer (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1955: John Alderdice, Northern Irish politician [category: Births]
• 1955: Reba McEntire, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1956: April Margera, American television personality, mother of Bam Margera [category: Births]
• 1956: Susan Ershler, American public speaker, author, and climber of Mount Everest [category: Births]
• 1957: Paul Eiding, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Curt Hennig, American wrestler (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1958: Edesio Alejandro, Cuban composer [category: Births]
• 1958: Lou Franceschetti, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1958: W. C. Handy, American composer (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Chris Myers, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1959: The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the Government of Tibet. [category: Events]
• 1960: Chris Barrie, British actor [category: Births]
• 1960: José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician [category: Births]
• 1960: Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French author and dramatist [category: Births]
• 1961: Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1961: Orla Brady, Irish actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Jure Franko, Slovenian skier [category: Births]
• 1962: Terry Szopinski, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1962: Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Jan Masiel, Polish politician [category: Births]
• 1963: Antonius Bouwens, Dutch sports shooter (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Pablo Contrisciani, Argentine-born abstract painter [category: Births]
• 1965: Steve Bull, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Charles William Train, English Sergeant, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Jack Hoxie, American actor and rodeo performer (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: John Ziegler, American radio talk-show host [category: Births]
• 1968: Iris Chang, American author (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1968: Jon Lee, British drummer (The Darling Buds and Feeder) (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1968: Max Perlich, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Nasser Hussain, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1968: Tim Lovejoy, British television presenter [category: Births]
• 1968: Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death is one of the first major events against the military dictatorship. [category: Events]
• 1969: Brett Ratner, American director [category: Births]
• 1969: Daniel Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1969: Elliot Perry, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Rodney Atkins, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1969: Aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Dwight D. Eisenhower, American politician, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece. [category: Events]
• 1969: The McGill français movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal's history with 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, CEGEP students, and even some McGill students at McGill's Roddick Gates. [category: Events]
• 1970: Aiga Zagorska, Lithuanian track and road cyclist [category: Births]
• 1970: Jennifer Weiner, American author [category: Births]
• 1970: Michelle Gildernew, Irish republican politician [category: Births]
• 1970: Vince Vaughn, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Gediz earthquake: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killed 1,086 and injured 1,260. [category: Events]
• 1971: Christianne Meneses Jacobs, Nicaraguan-American writer and educator [category: Births]
• 1971: Mr. Cheeks, American rapper (The Lost Boyz) [category: Births]
• 1971: Wesley Person, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Robert Hunter, American golfer (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Eby J. Jose, Indian journalist [category: Births]
• 1972: Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Nick Frost, English comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Eddie Fatu, Samoan wrestler (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1973: Matt Nathanson, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1973: Scott Mills, British radio disc jockey [category: Births]
• 1974: Mark King, English snooker player [category: Births]
• 1974: Arthur Crudup, American singer and guitarist (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Dorothy Fields, American librettist and lyricist (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Françoise Rosay, French opera singer (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Derek Hill, American racing driver [category: Births]
• 1975: Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Kate Gosselin, American TV personality [category: Births]
• 1975: Matt Reis, American soccer goalkeeper [category: Births]
• 1975: Richard Kelly, American director [category: Births]
• 1975: Shanna Moakler, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Dave Keuning, American guitar player (The Killers) [category: Births]
• 1976: Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Annie Wersching, American actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Erik Rasmussen, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Lauren Weisberger, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1977: Eric Shipton, British explorer and mountaineer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Dino Ciani, Italian pianist (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity. [category: Events]
• 1979: Crystal Cox, American track and field athlete [category: Births]
• 1979: Park Chae-rim, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Emmett Kelly, American clown (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Operators of Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania fail to recognize that a relief valve in the primary coolant system has stuck open following an unexpected shutdown. [category: Events]
• 1979: The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government, precipitating a general election. [category: Events]
• 1980: Chitrangada Singh, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Luke Walton, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Rasmus Seebach, Danish singer [category: Births]
• 1980: Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper [category: Births]
• 1980: Dick Haymes, Argentine-born singer and actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Antonio Rizzo, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Edwar Ramirez, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Gareth David-Lloyd, Welsh Actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Julia Stiles, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Lindsay Frimodt, American model [category: Births]
• 1982: Luis Tejada, Panamanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Sonia Agarwal, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1982: William Giauque, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Ryan Ashington, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Christopher Samba, Congolese footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Nikki Sanderson, British actress and model [category: Births]
• 1984: Ol Drake, English guitarist (Evile) [category: Births]
• 1984: Yordanos Abay, Ethiopian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Carmen Dragon, American conductor, composer and arranger (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Stefano Ferrario, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Marc Chagall, Russian painter (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Abuda, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1986: J-Kwon, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1986: Lady Gaga, American singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1986: Yoon Joon-Soo, South Korean footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Kagney Linn Karter, American pornographic actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Lee Hea-Kang, South Korean footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Yohan Benalouane, Tunisian–French footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Maria von Trapp, Austrian singer (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Patrick Troughton, British actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Lacey Turner, British actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Patrick Mayer, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: David Goodwillie, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Logan Couture, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1989: Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Marek Suchý, Czech footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1989: Robert J. Wilke, American actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Dok2, South Korean rapper [category: Births]
• 1990: Joe Bennett, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Luca Marrone, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Zac Clarke, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal. [category: Events]
• 1991: Amy Bruckner, American actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Marie-Philip Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1992: Liam Hess, British actor [category: Births]
• 1992: Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Scott Cunningham, Occult author (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: BBC Radio 5 is closed and replaced with a new news and sport station BBC Radio 5 Live. [category: Events]
• 1994: In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths. [category: Events]
• 1995: Hugh O'Connor, American actor (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in the Izbica massacre. [category: Events]
• 2000: Anthony Powell, British novelist (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Three children are killed when a Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train. [category: Events]
• 2001: Moe Koffman, Canadian jazz musician (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Rusty Draper, American singer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: In a friendly fire incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull. [category: Events]
• 2004: Art James, American game show host (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Peter Ustinov, British actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Moura Lympany, British pianist (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Robin Spry, Canadian filmmaker and producer (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: The 2005 Sumatra earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the fourth strongest earthquake since 1965. [category: Events]
• 2006: Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Charles Schepens, American ophthalmologist (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Kevin Charles "Pro" Hart, Australian artist (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Irish fiddler (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian philosopher (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: At least 1 million union members, students, and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law. [category: Events]
• 2010: Herb Ellis, American jazz guitarist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: June Havoc, American actress (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Earl Scruggs, American musician (Flatt and Scruggs) (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Harry Crews, American writer (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: John Arden, English playwright (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Commemoration of Sen no Rikyū (Schools of Japanese tea ceremony) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Guntram [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: March 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Sixtus III [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Priscus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Serfs Emancipation Day (Tibet) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia) [category: Holidays and observances]